Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#3421 (McGreevy's Favourite)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording NF (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Mixolydian |
McGreevy's Favourite / Johnny McGreevy's Favourite / Johnny McGreevy's / Charlie Mulvihill's / East Clare Reel / The Corn Boy (1st in Commonalty Set on Trpsw) (also in Dorian) (composed by Johnny McGreevy?)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1978 | B.7#1 | [NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle). For this tune: Johnny McGreevy (fiddle). |
| ~2006 | 7#1 | [Trpsw] John McSherry and Dónal O'Connor. Tripswitch. John McSherry (pipes, whistle), Dónal O'Connor (fiddle, keyboards). For this tune: John McSherry (low whistle), later joined by Dónal O'Connor (fiddle). |
| ~2007 | 1#1 | [ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As reel #320 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1978